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Semester 2 exam review

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of President Wilson's plan for peace?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Sussex Pledge

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Fourteen Points

2.

What country had to admit guilt for WWI according to the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Italy

3.

Which country was encouraged to attack the US in the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Mexico

d)

Russia

4.

What was the name of the peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson?

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

League of Nations

c)

United Nations

d)

Sussex Pledge

5.

What was the name of the area between the trenches that contained barbed wire and land mines?

a)

no man's land

b)

danger zone

c)

ground zero

6.

What is the name for information designed to influence opinion?

a)

yellow journalism

b)

media

c)

muckraking

d)

propaganda

7.

What radical group created the "Red Scare" in the 1920s?

a)

Pacifists

b)

Anarchists

c)

Communists

d)

Nativists

8.
In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
soup kitchens
d)
work
9.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
10.
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Okies
c)
Bonus Army Bases
d)
Rooseveltowns
11.

Who is this person?

a)

Hitler

b)

Stalin

c)

Mussolini

d)

Tojo

12.

Who is this person?

a)

Stalin

b)

Hitler

c)

Kerensky

d)

Tojo

13.

Which industry was well suited to change over to military equipment production?

a)

clothing

b)

steel

c)

culinary

d)

automobile

14.

Which was a major cause of the rise dictators in Europe after WW1?

a)

economic prosperity

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

redrawing of European borders

d)

German win of WWI

15.

What is the name of the Allied military strategy in the Pacific Ocean?

a)

firebomb

b)

island hopping

c)

kamikaze

d)

blitzkrieg

16.

The D-Day Allied invasion of France took place where?

a)

Paris

b)

Plymoth

c)

Tokyo

d)

Normandy

17.

Who was the American General overseeing the Pacific Theater?

a)

General Douglas MacArthur

b)

General Eisenhower

c)

General Rommel

d)

General Lee

18.

At first many Americans were against the war and supported ________________________.

a)

fascism

b)

communism

c)

isolationism

d)

internationalism

19.

The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to

a)

test the newly developed atomic bomb.

b)

determine how the holocaust happened.

c)

punish German leaders for war crimes.

d)

remove the emperor of Japan from power.

20.

What is the name of the new political party to rise in Germany following WW1?

a)

Socialist

b)

Nazi

c)

Fascist

d)

Bolshevik

21.

What was the term for the action of Britain & France giving in to Hitler's demands?

a)

appeasement

b)

militarization

c)

nationalism

d)

unification

22.

Which Battle was the last German offence?

a)

D-Day

b)

Midway

c)

Bulge

d)

Normandy

23.

What is the name of this iconic poster woman?

a)

Tanya the Tank

b)

Wonder Woman

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Rosie the Riveter

24.

Why were the Japanese unable to decipher the messages of the Navajo code talkers?

a)

The code consisted of a series of whistle-like noises.

b)

The code talkers had an advanced code machine.

c)

They used the Navajo language, which had no written alphabet.

d)

They used a math code based on the Navajo numeric system.

25.

allowed economic assistance to the Allies

a)

Lend Lease Act

b)

Selective Service Act

c)

Four Freedoms

d)

Executive Order 9066

26.

reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

a)

US stopped selling oil to Japan

b)

US stopped buying oil from Japan

c)

Japan wanted to conquer the US

d)

Japan wanted to spread communism

27.

World War II started when what country invaded Poland?

a)

Ukraine

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

28.

Who was the President of the United States during World War 2?

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

William Taft

d)

Jimmy Carter

29.

What was the event that caused America to enter World War 2?

a)

Battle of Britain

b)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

Doolittle Raid

d)

Chinese Civil War

30.

What was NATO

a)

alliance of Western World with the US

b)

Soviet Union military alliance

c)

peace keeping international organization

31.

Belief that if one nation fell to communism so would another

a)

domino theory

b)

Berlin airlift

c)

Soviet aggression

32.

What is McCarthyism

a)

hunt for suspected communists in America

b)

senate debate on illegal immigration

c)

spying in the Soviet Union

33.

Winston Churchill's term for the division in Europe

a)

Iron curtain

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Cold Barrier

34.

Name of the military alliance of communist nations

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

United Nations

c)

Soviet bloc

35.

How did the Marshall Plan aim to contain the spread of communism?

a)

It built up the western European armed forces.

b)

It helped rebuild and strengthen European economies.

c)

It forced Americans to take loyalty oaths to avoid losing their jobs.

d)

It created a military alliance among western European and North American nations.

36.

What is significant about the 38th parallel?

a)

It divides Western and Eastern Europe, this line is also described as the Iron Curtain

b)

The division between North and South Korea

c)

The division between China and North Korea, also known as the Iron Curtain.

d)

The 38th parallel was the location of all communist satellite nations.

37.

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

a)

Gulf of Thailand

b)

Gulf of Tonkin

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

South China Sea

38.

In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.

a)

My Lai Massacre

b)

Attack on Sai Pan

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Attack on Khe Sanh

39.

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

a)

Domino Theory

b)

Kent State University

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Vietnamization

40.

Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Kent State University

41.

The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops

a)

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Ho Chi Minh

42.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.
a)
Sweatt v. Painter
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson
d)
Mendez v. Kirby ISD
43.
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
a)
allow children to work.
b)
to pay black people less than white people.
c)
to return a slave.
d)
to segregate schools.
44.
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
a)
Charlayne Hunter
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Rebecca L. Felton
45.
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Brown vs. the Board of Education
d)
Roe Vs. Wade
46.
What state laws created separate public facilities for African Americans in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
affirmative action
c)
Civil Rights Acts
d)
Force Acts
47.
 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
March on Washington
d)
March from  Selma to Montgomery
48.
This law banned discrimination of any American because of race, gender,  or religion. 
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
15th  Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Movement
49.
What strategy did MLK NOT use when fighting for equal rights?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Protests
d)
Violent Riots
50.

This is what the US used to hold Japanese citizens in during WWII

a)

Internment camps

b)

concentration camps

c)

labor camps

d)

band camps

51.

What did Reagan do to taxes?

a)

Increased Taxes

b)

Lowered taxes

c)

Left taxes the same

d)

Only increased taxes on the rich

52.

Which of these programs did Reagan NOT cut funding to

a)

School Lunches

b)

Medicaid

c)

Welfare

d)

Military

53.
The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country broke apart?
a)
China
b)
Kuwait
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
54.
What was the name of Iraq's Dictator, who ordered the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, for which the US forced their withdraw in the 1991 Gulf War?
a)
Anwar Sadat
b)
Osama Bin Laden
c)
Mumamar Quadafi 
d)
Saadam Hussein
55.
Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, by President Reagan? 
a)
Sonia Sontamayor
b)
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
c)
Elana Kagen
d)
Sandra Day O'Connor
56.

What word best describes Ronald Reagan?

a)

Liberal

b)

Conservative

c)

Progressive

d)

Socialist

57.
NAFTA supports trade with which nations?
a)
Britain and France
b)
Germany and Bosnia
c)
Mexico and Canada
d)
China and Russia
58.

After which event were East and West Germany reunited?

a)

the collapse of the Berlin Wall

b)

the formation of the CIS

c)

the Berlin Airlift

d)

the creation of the EU

59.

What extension of civil rights did George HW Bush sign in 1990?

a)

Voting Rights Act

b)

Americans with Disabilities Act

c)

Hatch Act

d)

No answer

60.

The Clean Air Act...

a)

sets limits on illegal dumping of pollution in our waterways

b)

cleans the air with scrubbers

c)

sets limits on certain air pollutants & how much can be emitted by companies & industries

d)

helps farmers use less pesticides & fertilizers on their crops

61.

When did the Twin Towers attack happen?

a)

September 11th, 2001

b)

October 19th, 2003

c)

November 2nd, 2001

d)

July 23rd, 2003

62.
What was President Bush’s response to 9/11?
a)
Withdraw the U.S. from Lebanon
b)
Declare War on Iraq
c)
Begin the War on Terror
d)
Create the Department of Defense
63.
What hurricane destroyed much of the city of New Orleans in 2005?
a)
Hurricane Ike
b)
Hurricane Irene
c)
Hurricane Katrina
d)
Hurricane Andrew
64.
Increased carbon emissions are believed to be causing what disastrous environmental effect?
a)
Increased food prices
b)
Increased gasoline prices
c)
Climate Change
d)
Increased rates of poverty
65.
Who was the first minority President of the United States?
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Donald Trump
c)
Hillary Clinton
d)
George W Bush
66.
What countries did President Bush start wars in during the War on Terror?
a)
Iraq and Afghanistan
b)
North Korea and China
c)
Mexico and Panama
d)
Iran and Iraq
67.
Who committed 9/11?
a)
North Korea
b)
Al-Qaeda
c)
Hesbollah
d)
ISIS
68.

This plan was started by Obama to further the availability of health care in the US

a)

No child left behind

b)

Barackcare

c)

Obamacare

d)

Obamainsurance

69.

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a)

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b)

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c)

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d)

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